Term 3, Week 5: 25 Apr To 29 Apr 2022

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PAC Newsletter 25 Apr to 29 Apr 2022 Monday, 25 Apr Pro D-Day. No School. Tuesday, 26 Apr   Wednesday, 27 Apr Student conference, 2pm dismissal Thursday, 28 Apr Student conference, 2pm dismissal  DPAC Meeting — Advocating for Climate-Sensitive Education Friday, 29 Apr  Hot lunch send utensils Looking ahead May 4th: Star Wars Day May 9th: VCH Immunization Clinic #2 (Grades K, 1, 6 & 7) May 23rd: Victoria Day – No school View the school calendar online Please make sure you review the daily health assessment (english or simplified chinese) before sending your child(ren) to school. Or use the K-12 Health Check website. If you are late to school, your child(ren) must enter through the upper front door by the salmon mural and check-in at the office. Please call the office at (604) 713-5414 or use the new doorbell beside the door so they can let the child(ren) in. If your child(ren) will be absent from school, please email souattendance@vsb.bc.ca or phone 604-713-5159 as soon as possible and leave your child's name, division number, the date and whether they will be absent or late. If you phone, you will be required to use a school code. The Southlands school code is 79#. Hello Southlands families, Next week we are having conferences and there will be 2 pm dismissal on Wednesday and Thursday. Please reach out to your child's teacher if you have not received an invitation. Thank you to everyone who shopped at our virtual book fair. We earned $100 for the library. We hope you read the Southlands school newsletter that was sent home by email on Friday. There are a couple of Action Items to be aware of: please let us know if your child will not be returning to Southlands in September, and we are looking for a couple of teenagers of young people to water the garden over the summer. There will be a cash honorarium for this volunteering. Lastly, please let us know if you have not yet received your rapid Covid test. We can send them home with intermediate student with permission. Thank you!  Sincerely, Margaret Paxton Principal Twitter | Instagram   We are coming up to our last few general meetings of the year. Our meeting next week is particularly relevant given the impacts our children have felt from the climate events of the last 12 months. The meeting will be informative, timely, and inspiring for parents interested in how education and nature interact and why climate-sensitive education is beneficial and necessary.  We hope that you will join and encourage other members of your parent community to register for the event as well.   You can use the attached graphic for promotion. Register here for next Thursday, April 28th, at 7 PM Short General Meeting & Sustainability Event: Advocating for Climate-Sensitive Education for the Next Generation   We wanted to let you know about some free upcoming events for parents and caregivers in recognition of Child and Youth Mental Health Day. All events are free, and virtual but do require registration. Please share with your school families.  May Caregiver Events 1. It's Never Too Late: Healing Parent-Child Relational Stress Using Emotion Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) With Dr. Adele Lafrance, clinical psychologist, author, scientist, and developer of emotion-focused treatment modalities, including emotion focused family therapy. May 2nd from 6:30-7:30pm - Click here to register.  2. Building Connection With Our Kids When It Feels Impossible With Diane Evans, FamilySmart Parent Peer Support Worker, BC Children's Hospitals Kelty Mental Resource Centre. Tammy Music, FamilySmart Parent Peer Support Worker, Surrey Memorial Hospital, Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Stabilization Unit (CAPSU) and Short Term Assessment Response Treatment (START) Fraser North. May 3rd from 12:00-1:00pm - Click here to register. 3. The ABCs of Substance Use and Connecting With Our Kids With Cindy Andrews, Senior associate on the team leading The ABCs of Youth Substance Use, a BC government funded project focused on supporting schools, Angela Lawrence, educator and a registered clinical counsellor with SD73, Art Steinmann, Senior Associate, Youth Substance USe Health Promotion, Bunyaad Public Affairs. May 4th from 6:00-8:00pm - Click here to register. One on One Support We support families one on one.   Please feel free to reach out to us at Vancouver@familysmart.ca if  you have a child who is struggling with their mental health and are looking for emotional support, resources or have questions about how to navigate services and /or information. More information about parent peer support is available here.  Hot Lunch for May and June starts to register now. If you want to continue with Hot Lunch, please remember to make a new order.     Thank you to the families who have joined our FlipGive team! We have already earned $391 for Southlands programs. We encourage others to join the team using code FRJ3Z5. Use the FlipGive app or browser plugin before shopping online at stores like Starbucks, Amazon, Sportchek, Nike, Bay, The Gap, Indigo, etc. and you will be ensuring a percentage of your purchase gets credited to Southlands programs. Throughout the year any purchases online from Mabel's Labels will earn our school a rebate when you select "Southlands Elementary School" from the menu. Thank you for your support! Visit our website at https://southlands-pac.blogspot.com Join Southlands PAC on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/southlandselementarypac/ Southlands Parents Advisory Council "PAC" southlands.elementary@gmail.com Co-Chairs: Nina Monahan, Renee Hui Treasurer: Priya Gupta Secretary: Alejandra Diaz Fundraising: Carmen Chou, Linda Yang DPAC Rep: Scott Kerwin Our mailing address is: 5351 Camosun Street, Vancouver, BC, V6N 2C4 Please send any feedback on the newsletter to southlands.pacnews@gmail.com VSB Office of the Superintendent contacts